Walter Joseph Tragesser (June 14, 1887 – October 2, 1970) was a professional baseball player. He was a catcher over parts of seven seasons (1913, 1915–1920) with the Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies. For his career, he compiled a .215 batting average, with six home runs and 66 runs batted in. An alumnus of Purdue University, where he played college baseball for the Boilermakers from 1908–1909, he was born and later died in Lafayette, Indiana at the age of 83. References External links 1887 births 1970 deaths Boston Braves players Philadelphia Phillies players Major League Baseball catchers Baseball players from Indiana Zanesville Potters players Birmingham Barons players Jersey City Skeeters players Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Reading Aces players Purdue Boilermakers baseball players Zanesville Flood Sufferers players